EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
to have someone scoop or fetch (with a container)...
tea (gossip)...
That's the tea; That's the gossip....
Pang-uri
Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.
/pa-sa-LOK/
FIL: Ang pag-uutos o paghiling sa isang tao na kumuha ng isang bagay, karaniwang likido o butil, gamit ang isang panalok o sisidlan.
EN: to have someone scoop or fetch (with a container)
When you're too lazy to get water from the 'banga' (clay jar) yourself, so you yell at your younger sibling, "Hoy, pasalok nga ng tubig!" It's the act of delegating the scooping.
ROOT MEANING: a scoop (of liquid)
The 'pa-' prefix here indicates a request or command. 'Salok' is the act of scooping, often water or grains.
🇵🇭 Pasalok ka naman ng bigas sa sako, pakiusap.
🇺🇸 Please have someone scoop some rice from the sack for me.
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Pang-uri
Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.